Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1979. The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party (UK), who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day.Labour gained 766 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 7,410.The Conservatives lost 423 seats, leaving them with 12,222 councillors.The Liberal Party gained 136 seats and finished with 1,059 councillors.Changes in council control were as follows;Labour gain from no overall control: Bassetlaw, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South TynesideLabour gain from Conservative: Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry, Derby, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sandwell, Tameside, Welwyn HatfieldLabour lose to no overall control: ThurrockConservative lose to no overall control: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Kirklees, Leeds, Pendle, Rochdale, Rugby, Warrington, Wyre ForestConservative gain from no overall control: Adur, Stratford-on-AvonConservative gain from Independent: HartConservative gain from Democratic Labour: LincolnIndependent lose to no overall control: South Lakeland, West Lindsey"@en }
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- United_Kingdom_local_elections,_1979 abstract "Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1979. The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party (UK), who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day.Labour gained 766 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 7,410.The Conservatives lost 423 seats, leaving them with 12,222 councillors.The Liberal Party gained 136 seats and finished with 1,059 councillors.Changes in council control were as follows;Labour gain from no overall control: Bassetlaw, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South TynesideLabour gain from Conservative: Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry, Derby, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sandwell, Tameside, Welwyn HatfieldLabour lose to no overall control: ThurrockConservative lose to no overall control: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Kirklees, Leeds, Pendle, Rochdale, Rugby, Warrington, Wyre ForestConservative gain from no overall control: Adur, Stratford-on-AvonConservative gain from Independent: HartConservative gain from Democratic Labour: LincolnIndependent lose to no overall control: South Lakeland, West Lindsey".
- Q17047803 abstract "Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1979. The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party (UK), who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day.Labour gained 766 seats, bringing their number of councillors to 7,410.The Conservatives lost 423 seats, leaving them with 12,222 councillors.The Liberal Party gained 136 seats and finished with 1,059 councillors.Changes in council control were as follows;Labour gain from no overall control: Bassetlaw, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South TynesideLabour gain from Conservative: Barrow-in-Furness, Coventry, Derby, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sandwell, Tameside, Welwyn HatfieldLabour lose to no overall control: ThurrockConservative lose to no overall control: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Kirklees, Leeds, Pendle, Rochdale, Rugby, Warrington, Wyre ForestConservative gain from no overall control: Adur, Stratford-on-AvonConservative gain from Independent: HartConservative gain from Democratic Labour: LincolnIndependent lose to no overall control: South Lakeland, West Lindsey".